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NavaRatna. UpaRatna. NavaGraha

Throughout Asia, the principle of "NavaRatna," or the 9 Gems, has been held in high esteem since ancient times.

The famous Sanskrit vers from the "Jatake Parijata," chap2, sloke 21 complied by Sri Vaidyantha Dikshitar explains the meaning of the 9 gems as follows:

For the Sun use ruby,
Moon use (natural) pearl,
Mars use red coral,
Mercury use emerald,
Jupiter use yellow sapphire,
Venus use diamond,
Saturn use blue sapphire,
Rahu use hessonite, and
Ketu use cat's eye;
These gems must be flawless and high- born.

The Vedic jyotish Gem's 'quality standard' is givien as Sujati (high-born) and Amala (Flawless). below is a list of the Nava Ratna (9 gems) together with the recognized Upa ratna (secondary gens) and their ruling planets:

Sun: RUBY (unheated), red spinel, red garnet, and red tourmaline (rubellite) for enhancing the Sun

Moon: Natural (uncultured) Pearl, White coral, and moonstone for enhancing the Moon

Jupiter: Yellow Sapphire (unheated), yellow topaz, yellow beryl (heliodor), and yellow tourmaline for enhancing Jupiter

Rahu: Hessonite, orange zircon, spessartite, malaya, and other orange garnets for enhancing Rahu (Moon's North Node)

Mercury: Emerald (non-oiled), tsavorite, green tourmaline, green diopside, peridot and green jade for enhancing Mercury

Venus: Diamond, white (colorless) sapphire (unheated), white topaz, white beryl (goshenite), and colorless quartz for enhancing Venus

Ketu: Cat's eye (chrysoberyl), beryl, apatite, fibrolite, and tourmaline cat's eye for enhancing Ketu (Moon's South Node)

Saturn: Blue Sapphire (unheated), blue tourmaline (indicolite), blue spinel, and amethyst for enhancing Saturn

Mars: Red Coral (undyed) and red carnelian for enhancing Mars